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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had an extremely frustrating experience with Happcar. Despite meeting all the usual requirements, they refused to release the vehicle because my credit card showed only the initial of my first n... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Booked a car via happycar for 60 days with Europcar in Punta Cana.Booking Ref HAPPYCAR Booking ID: 7525853. On arrival I am informed I can only have a car for 30 days as that is as long as Europcar ca... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

See my previous review about hiring a car in Menorca. I chose a car to be collected at the airport’s terminal (not in the vicinity) and they confirmed my booking being for collecting the car at the a... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I just had a most unhappy experience with happycar.com Happycar.com had great prices listed on their site so I booked a car only to have them contact me to say that for undisclosed... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid Happycar.com! Bait and Switch!!

I just had a most unhappy experience with happycar.com

Happycar.com had great prices listed on their site so I booked a car only to have them contact me to say that for undisclosed reasons, my booking could not be completed but no worries as they had another offer available. Since it was just a little bit more expensive I decided to book that car instead.

Well this happened 2 more times when finally on the THIRD TIME the offer was now not even cheaper than the competition and the location of my rental was moved from the airport to an off site vendor.

This process stretched over a couple or 3 days and completely wasted my time, not to mention I almost missed out on the other legitimate deals that I had found elsewhere AND I had to give my credit card details to happycar.com

After all this, I searched their site again just to see what would happen and sure enough there was the same fantastic deal listed that they have no intention of letting anyone book.

I would avoid trying to book a rental car with happycar.com at all costs unless you enjoy playing bait and switch on the losing end.

Oct 2019 RESPONSE TO HAPPY CAR
Thanks for your response nearly 4MONTHS LATER and also for confirming my 0 star review with a detailed description of your clearly flawed business model.

My 0 star review stands. If you want to waste a lot of time going round and round as Happy Car tries to connect you to a supplier then be my guest.

Whether it be the cause of the supplier or happycar.com, the name of the game in this system is get people clicking on low prices then switch to higher prices based on any number of reasons.

Happy Car needs to take responsibility for its supplier's actions and if the supplier can not fufil the rental contracts as advertised, Happy Car should delist them. As the middleman, it is not acceptable just to pass the buck on to the supplier.

26 June 2019
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Reply from HAPPYCAR

Dear Jeffrey,

Thank you for your review.

We do apologize for inconveniences you experienced during the booking process.

Please note that we do not have our own vehicles, and therefore the booking request must be accepted and confirmed not through our customer support team but our partner's. As a price comparison website we present offers from various providers and local suppliers.

Due to price changes, rare technical errors and high demand for particular offers, not every booking attempt can be confirmed. To ease the search process in a given situation, our customer support team tries to find offers similar to ones chosen by our customers.

Please be informed that only after the booking is confirmed, will the rental price be deducted from the account. That means, no fees had applied to your search.

Should you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,
HAPPYCAR Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very smooth transaction

Very smooth transaction. The car rental counter had my reservation and name before I got there. I didn't even need to show my voucher. They gave me the quoted price

18 April 2019
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service, great cars

Great customer service, great cars.
I have rented several times with happycar (dollar, thrifty and fox cars) and the service is really great (and the cheapest, at least in the Bay Area). Trustworthy.
Also, I asked some questions (by mail and by phone), and they answered really quickly and efficiently.
Happycar is highly recommended.

4 April 2019
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Totally Enjoying:)!

Easy booking, reliable company, good car en good service, really convenient and best of all super price deals!

28 February 2019
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